#ResearchSpotlight! Researchers are uncovering how a cellular miscommunication leads to cognitive impairment in female patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Neta Rosenzweig, PhD, and Oleg Butovsky, PhD, share key messages from this research:
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Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is an international leader in virtually every area of medicine and has been the site of pioneering breakthroughs that have improved lives around the world. A major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, BWH has a legacy of excellence that continues to grow. With two outstanding hospitals, over 150 outpatient practices, and over 1,200 physicians, we serve patients from New England, throughout the United States, and from 120 countries around the world. The BWH name is a reflection of our history. In 1980 three of Boston’s oldest and most prestigious Harvard Medical School teaching hospitals - the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, the Robert Breck Brigham Hospital, and the Boston Hospital for Women – merged to form Brigham and Women’s Hospital. As a national leader in improving health care quality and safety, we have helped to develop some of the industry’s best practices including computerized physician order entry (CPOE) to prevent medication errors. The CPOE is now a nationally-accepted safety practice. The BWH Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) is one of the most powerful biomedical research institutes in the world and the second largest recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding among independent hospitals in the United States. BWH has long had great success in research as measured by the number of important discoveries made, the size and scope of its research portfolio and the volume of publications annually. BWH is a training ground for physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. We have 1,100 trainees in over 140 of the most sought after training programs in the world, and also host Harvard Medical School students in rotations throughout our programs. As our global health services expand, our clinical trainees have rich opportunities to contribute and learn in challenging environments around the world. Brigham and Women's Hospital is an EEO, AA, VEVRAA Employer.
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http://www.brighamandwomens.org
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Today is #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay! This day commemorates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed on July 26th, 1990. In honor of this day, we want to shed light on how our team ensures equity for patients with disabilities. Cheri Blauwet, MD, of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, is a board-certified physiatrist who is also a Paralympic gold medalist in wheelchair racing! Blauwet answers questions regarding equity in cancer care in the Mass General Brigham article below:
On a Mission to Ensure Equality in Cancer Care for Patients with Disabilities: Q&A with Cheri Blauwet, MD
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Researchers recently set out to find out if war contributes to the increase in chronic pain in female service members. The research not only found that war does increase chronic pain in female service members, but that it also increases pain in military wives. Andrew Schoenfeld, MD, was featured in this Military.com article to discuss the findings:
In War, Female Troops Develop Chronic Pain at Higher Rates. So Do Military Wives, Study Finds.
military.com
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Louise Wilkins-Haug, who leads our Center for Connected Postpartum Care and is the head of maternal and fetal medicine at Mass General Brigham, tells STAT how we are extending postpartum care.
Addressing the “postpartum cliff” may be as simple as sending a few text messages
https://www.statnews.com
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Congratulations to Sonali Desai, MD, MPH, on being named one of 90 “Patient Safety Experts to know” in 2024 by Becker's Healthcare. The list recognizes those dedicated to continually finding innovative ways to improve health care processes and transform safety standards, ensuring a safer experience for patients. Learn more about this honor here: http://spklr.io/6043Sfk3
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July is #SarcomaandBoneCancerAwarenessMonth! This month we are highlighting Elizabeth J. Lilley, MD, MPH, a surgical oncologist who specializes in sarcoma, a rare type of cancer that develops in connective tissues, such as bones, muscles, fat, blood vessels, and nerves. Dr. Lilley’s connection with cancer is deeply personal. When she was 18, a close friend passed away from cancer at age 24. His oncologist, who was trained in palliative care, provided exceptional end-of-life care, which went on to inspire Dr. Lilley to pursue a career both in surgery and palliative care, helping patients through every step of their cancer journey. “As a surgeon my goal is to get rid of the disease and cure it, but in my palliative care training I also recognize that cancer is a journey and it has a huge impact on people,” said Dr. Lilley. “My goal is to be able to guide patients through this really challenging period of time.” Part of Dr. Lilley’s research portfolio focuses on how surgeons measure success in cancer surgery. She believes success is not just about a routine surgery where the patient gets to go home, but also about improving the patient's quality of life, symptoms, and level of function. Her work aims to understand and measure these important factors and how to discuss them with her patients. “There’s so much more than what I’m doing in the operating room,” said Dr. Lilley. “The research is important because it can help people I’ll never meet, and the clinical side is important because it allows me to establish that trust at a really vulnerable period of time and help someone to recognize that you see them as a person and not a diagnosis. The mission of course is to treat cancer, but I want the patient in front of me to feel like a person and not a patient.”
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The Brigham community mourns the loss of Jack Connors Jr., a legendary leader, philanthropist, advisor, mentor, role model, and friend. Jack was an inspiring champion of the Brigham for more than 30 years. He served as chair of the Brigham Board of Trustees from 1992 to 1996, when he was invited to serve as the chair of the Mass General Brigham board—a role he held for 16 years before becoming chair emeritus in 2012. Jack was also generous and thoughtful with his time, talents and resources. He and his wife, Eileen, made significant gifts to the Brigham to establish the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology and the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women and Newborns—both named for Jack’s late mother, Mary Horrigan Connors, as a way to honor her life with a simple but profound mission: to improve the health of women and transform their care. Learn more about Jack’s extraordinary life and contributions to the Brigham community:
In Memoriam: Jack Connors Jr. - Brigham Bulletin
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Despite being an extremely common neurological disorder, there is a lot that is unknown about migraines. Brigham researchers are using innovative research approaches to improve our understanding of the association between migraines and sex hormones, sleep and pain to better inform the development of therapeutics and treatments for patients. Learn more:
Brigham Researchers Make Headway on Migraine Research - Brigham Clinical & Research News
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Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital are two of 15 participating sites in a new American Heart Association effort to better inform care decisions. http://spklr.io/6041SmqL
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital is open and seeing patients. All scheduled appointments and procedures will happen as planned on Monday, July 22nd. UPDATE: July 19 – 10:49 pm Mass General Brigham mobilized incident command and other leadership teams across the organization to manage our response to the CrowdStrike incident. As part of this response, we have also deployed hundreds of technicians to our hospitals, healthcare centers, and outpatient clinics to restore access to the systems and devices that were impacted by the software failure early this morning. The hard work since the very early hours by our response teams and staff allowed our clinics and emergency departments to remain open today for those with urgent health concerns, in addition to the many patients currently admitted in our hospitals. We are doing everything possible to restore the electronic systems that support our patient care delivery across our system. Our teams will continue to work throughout the night to implement solutions and, at this time, we expect to be operational tomorrow. We apologize for the inconvenience that this has caused to the many patients who had scheduled visits with us today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A major worldwide software outage has affected many of our systems at Mass General Brigham, as well as many major businesses across the country. Due to the severity of this issue, all previously scheduled non-urgent surgeries, procedures, and medical visits are cancelled today. Brigham and Women’s Hospital remains open to provide care to patients with urgent health concerns in our clinics and emergency departments, and we continue to care for all patients currently receiving care in our hospitals. We have dedicated every available resource to resolve this issue as quickly as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience this has caused our patients. It is our highest priority to ensure that our patients receive the safest care possible.
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